Board of Directors

Board Chair

Carmen Sigler

Retired Provost, San José State University
Dr. Sigler joined the faculty of San José State University in 1987 and rose through the ranks to hold numerous positions including, Dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts, Interim Dean of the College of Social Work, Acting President and her last position as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Sigler completed her undergraduate education in Argentina and then went on to receive her A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan.

Board Vice President

Francisco X. Marquez

Partner, Marquez Bond and Meisel, Llp.
Francisco X. Márquez is a corporate attorney with over 16 years experience. Mr. Márquez provides specialized in-house counsel services to start-up and small to mid-sized technology companies. He advises clients on strategic direction and guidance on all legal affairs, corporate transactions and business practices and policies. Mr. Márquez received his B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University and his law degree from U.C. Hastings College of the Law.

Board Second Vice President

Jose Villarreal

Development Officer, San Jose Redevelopment Agency
Jose A. Villarreal is a Development Officer for the San Jose Redevelopment Agency working in the Strong Neighborhoods Initiative (SNI). He began his professional career on the staff of former State Senator John Vasconcellos followed by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau. Mr. Villarreal received his B.A. in Political Science from San Jose State University.

Board Treasurer

Osvaldo Rojas

Wealth Advisor, The Gersh-Rojas Group
Morgan Stanley | Smith Barney
Mr. Rojas is a First Vice President and Wealth Advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Palo Alto. His team's primary focus and experience for the past decade has been on providing high net worth investors in Silicon Valley with a proven investment process and sound global wealth management solutions. He received his business degree from San Jose State University and has also successfully completed the rigorous Investment Consultants Executive Education program at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Board Secretary

Monica Zent

President & Managing Attorney, ZentLaw
An attorney and MBA, Monica Zent is the founder and Managing Attorney of ZentLaw, a firm offering outsourced legal services to enterprise clients. Prior to founding ZentLaw, Ms. Zent practiced in the Corporate and Intellectual Property Transactions Group with a global law firm. In 1997, Ms. Zent co-founded Music Concepts Worldwide, LLC, a non-profit music marketing company releasing specialty music products designed for charitable causes. Ms. Zent is a licensed and practicing California attorney with a J.D. and Bachelor of Science degrees in Political Science and Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Santa Clara University and M.B.A. from the Stanford GSB.

Board Member

Muhammed A. Chaudhry

President and CEO, Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Muhammed Chaudhry serves as President & CEO for the Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF). His goal is to help prepare every student in Silicon Valley for completion of post-secondary education. Under his leadership, SVEF has become the leading education foundation serving Silicon Valley to support students, teachers and the community. SVEF's latest initiative is STEM - a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math initiative targeted to significantly increase the number of students completing algebra 1 and 2 as gateway subjects to academic success. Muhammed holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Leadership Program.

Board Member

Omar Chyou

Board Member

Rosemary Kamei

Director, District 1, Santa Clara Valley Water District

Board Member

Barb Larson

Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross Santa Clara Valley
Barb Larson is the CEO of the American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter. Previously, she spent 8 years in management at the Community Foundation Silicon Valley where she launched the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, and also served in positions as Director of Development and Donor Services. Barb has received recognition as a Woman of Influence and Top 40 under 40, both awarded by the Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal, as well as she received the Professional Fundraiser of the Year for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Silicon Valley.

Board Member

Laura Macias

Government/ Community Affairs and Customer Escalation Director, South Bay, Comcast

Board Member

Sandra G. Sepúlveda

Attorney, Berliner Cohen
Ms. Sepúlveda is an estate planning and tax attorney with the law firm of Berliner Cohen in San José, California. Prior to joining Berliner Cohen, Ms. Sepúlveda served as a clerk to the Honorable Margaret Johnson of the Santa Clara County Superior Court and worked for Structure Law Group, a San José law firm specializing in personal and business taxation as well as business entity formation and transactions. Ms. Sepúlveda holds a Juris Doctor Degree and an advanced Master of Laws Degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University School of Law, where she served on the Golden Gate University Law Review and was a member of the Honors Lawyering section. She received her Bachelor's Degree from San Francisco State University.

Board Member

Carlos Singh

Senior Manager, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Carlos Singh is a business advisor for Ernst & Young LLP. He advises companies on enhancing their corporate compliance and ethics programs. Before joining Ernst & Young, Carlos was a federal prosecutor and constitutional and appellate civil lawyer for over 20 years with the U.S. Department of Justice. Carlos is a law professor at Lincoln Law School of San José and has served as an instructor in trial practice programs at Stanford Law School and the University of San Francisco Law School. Mr. Singh obtained a B.A. from UCLA, a J.D. from Georgetown University and he attended an executive program on Corporate Governance and Board Leadership at the Harvard Business School.

Board Member

Jorge Titinger

Chief Operating Officer, Verigy
Jorge Luis Titinger is the Chief Operating Officer for Verigy. In this role, he is responsible for Verigy's product business groups; including product marketing and R&D; as well as the manufacturing, supply chain and quality operations. Mr. Titinger most recently served as Senior Vice President of FormFactor, Inc.'s Product Business Groups. He previously held several executive leadership positions at KLA-Tencor Corporation. Prior to KLA-Tencor, Mr. Titinger held several executive positions at Applied Materials from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Titinger holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

Board Member

Patricia Uro-May

Board Member

Raquel González

President for the Silicon Valley Market, Bank of America
Raquel González is Bank of America’s President for the Silicon Valley Market. In addition, González, serves as the Bank’s Executive for the Western States Region. In her role as Market President, González is the company’s senior executive, responsible for coordinating operations of all the bank’s lines of business, serving area customers, and overseeing community development and philanthropic initiatives. A very active member in the community, González serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. She has been recognized as one of the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Top 100 Women of Influence and by the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) as one of the Most Influential Latinos in Silicon Valley.

Board Member Emeritus

Ivonne Montes de Oca

President and CEO

Ron Gonzales

Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley
Mr. Gonzales is a former high tech business and government leader with over 35 years of private and public sector leadership experience. Prior to the HFSV, he was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Presencia, LLC providing marketing and sales consulting services in the government, education, enterprise and SMB markets. He served as Mayor of San José (1999-2006), the Capital of Silicon Valley and the nation’s 10th largest city. He worked as an executive with the Hewlett-Packard Company, in the areas of marketing, human resources, and corporate philanthropy. Mr. Gonzales served for eight years (1989-1996) on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. As a two-time mayor and member of the Sunnyvale, California City Council (1979-87).He has served on numerous non-profit boards and is the Founder of The Role Model Program for which he received a National “Daily Points of Light Award.”